Monday Motivation….. June 27, 2011 (020)

Monday Motivation….. June 27, 2011 (020)
Once upon a time a group of frogs were traveling through the woods, and two of them fell into a deep pit. When the other frogs saw how deep the pit was, they told the two frogs that they were as good as dead. Both the frogs ignored the comments and tried to jump up out of the pit with all their might. The other frogs outside the pit kept telling them to stop, that they were as good as dead. Finally, one of the two frogs took heed to what the other frogs were saying and gave up. He fell down and died.
The other frog continued to jump as hard as he could. Once again, the crowd of frogs yelled at him to stop the pain and just die. He jumped even harder and finally made it out. When he got out, the other frogs said, “Did you not hear us?” The frog explained to them that he was deaf. He thought they were encouraging him the entire time.

Moral:
There is power of life and death in the tongue. An encouraging word to someone who is down can lift him/her up and help him/her make it through the day whereas the discouraging dialogs can lead a person to depression. So be careful of what you say to others and always remember the power of words… it is sometimes hard to understand that an encouraging word can go such a long way.
Have an encouraged week ahead!